Is time real or is it an illusion?

Is time "real"?

Real as in that it has laws and such that are not merely relative. For example, morality is technically an illusion/concept created by man; there aren't any "laws" of morality, and it's not like as if morality is the 5th dimension or anything. If it weren't for humans, morality would not "exist".

So what about time? Is time just a concept describing...well...stuff happening? If so, then time travel would be impossible, since there would be no "time" as a dimension.

time is just the duration between events, so time is totally dependent on matter and/or energy.

no matter/energy interactions or movement, nothing to gauge the passage of time, or to be more clear there wouldn't be events for time to exist.

Originally posted by Hewhoknowsall
Is time "real"?

Real as in that it has laws and such that are not merely relative.

It is real as you and me.
You can feel, touch, taste and see it thus it is real my friend.

Time is really my friend too. We play poker ever other Friday.

We give time meaning. Time is merely the way we humans measure growth and decay.

Time does exist. That is how things age and grow old. That is how stars burn out. All that happens with time. If time did not exist then everything would remain the same and constant. Nothing would change.

If it weren't for humans, morality would not "exist".

Time is just a figment of your imagination.

In fact, it could be hiding somewhere in your basement.

Or maybe, it's right beside you as of this moment.

Who knows? It could even be your mom.

Originally posted by SIDIOUS 66
Time does exist. That is how things age and grow old. That is how stars burn out. All that happens with time. If time did not exist then everything would remain the same and constant. Nothing would change.

But time would.

Time is relative, which means it depends on your vantage point. To us time appears to be moving as we observe the change in matter.

But go to somewhere without the gravity well of matter then it might be a different experience.

If it is an illusion, it's an illusion that we have not yet been able to see through. It definitely governs everything that we are and know, however, I really believe that it could be possible to manipulate it. How? I have no idea.

Time as a dimension, an entity not per se the linear calendar based progression of time but the space-time is definitely real. Time has been seen to slow down as a result of speed as well as gravity as they are all linked within physical nature. Time exists as matter does and in a similar capacity though it does not extend in merely one direction but many as does any object in real space.

Originally posted by Bicnarok
Time is relative, which means it depends on your vantage point. To us time appears to be moving as we observe the change in matter.

But go to somewhere without the gravity well of matter then it might be a different experience.

Yeah, but thats a cop out response because everything is relative 😛

Time is the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.

Time in and of itself does not exist other than as a human system of measurment. The measurment of the progression of events I.E. one revolution of the Earth on it's axis.

Time is based on change. The only way you can observe time is to observe change. That's the way it was designed. It's a measurement tool. It is as physically real as the words "length," "weight," or "area"

Take away change and time would stop. Time only exists because the earth moves around the sun at a constant rate. if this rate was inconsistent, there would be no way to measure time and we would have a very different grasp of the concept of time.

Time is based on change.

"time", or rather the human construct of the passage of instants which seem to flow as a single continuous stream is a byproduct of our brain.

Whatever it is outside of that, in "Theory of Relativity" terms or whatever is pretty much insignificant to how we understand it.

Brain activity = passage of time.

It's just a word, people.

its a construct, but I see where you are going

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